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Jerome Harrison-This Year's Playoff Winner? (1 Viewer)

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With surprising regularity, a RB seems to emerge at the end of the season for whatever reason and put up monster numbers in our most crucial weeks. With Harrison's recent showing against San Diego (10 carries for 35 yds, 7 rec for 62 yards, 2 TDs.....17-6 touch advantage) he has shown that he could be THAT guy this year. THAT guy we all hate when the team with highest waiver priority fo the playoff teams grabs him as the hunt begins, and he explodes into a championship.

Here's why:

Week 15: Kansas City Chiefs...27th against the run

Week 16: Oakland Raiders...31st against the run

In our most important weeks, we have a guy who has always shown some promise and definitely is a good receiver...and he gets to play two of the greatest matchups your RB could hope for. He's @ KC, and home against Oakland.

If you have any shot to get this guy, I vote for breaking the bank in blind bidding...and putting in your claim for straight waivers. If you have open FCFS...get your butt over to that screen right now, because the potential for this kind of huge explosion doesn't show up often in these most crucial fantasy weeks.

Note: If you're in the playoffs week 14 and don't have a bye...he plays angry PIT. No Polamalu but still not exactly a great matchup...receptions should be there though.

 
I could not agree more. He will be decent this week against Pitt. Harrison had 2 starts this season so far and both games he was a the top of the RB pts for the week. Is he a great NFL RB , NO. Is he a good Fantasy RB . I say yes. I am that guy. I am the 6th seed and have the top waiver wire pick every week as long as I am in it.

 
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Also agree if Jones went down Greene would be a great pickup BUT think about if Beanie Wells or Hightower went down. there schedule is the bomb. But since you never know which one is gonna go off its hard to decide. if one of them was the man they would be a #1 RB down the stretch. i own both and keep guessing the wrong one. I will plug in Harrison to go along with K Smith for the playoffs.

 
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Yeah the ARZ guys are good too.

But Harrison...that is the juciest 2 week schedule I have ever seen at that time. Even jucier than Arizona's STL/DET IMO

 
he he , I cant wait to wed morning when I see him on my roster. Gonna be like christmas morning. On my team he actually might be my #1. thtats how bad my rbs are. K Smith , hightower , Wells , Mcfadden , Chris Brown. Yuk. He may not have the greatest matchup this week but running isnt Harrisons game as much as 7-8 receptions and recieving tds. and the Pitts pass D is a shambles. If he runs 14-42 and receptions 7-55 I will be thrilled and hope for a TD.

 
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damageinc said:
he he , I cant wait to wed morning when I see him on my roster. Gonna be like christmas morning. On my team he actually might be my #1. thtats how bad my rbs are. K Smith , hightower , Wells , Mcfadden , Chris Brown. Yuk. He may not have the greatest matchup this week but running isnt Harrisons game as much as 7-8 receptions and recieving tds. and the Pitts pass D is a shambles. If he runs 14-42 and receptions 7-55 I will be thrilled and hope for a TD.
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and it's pretty doable.
 
on the waiver wire thing

I love having the #3 spot. Everyone else in my league goes crazy for the #1 seed , the extra money and bye week. Not me. My league has been in exsistence for 9 years . I have been in the championship 6 times and won 5. and five of the 6 I was the 6th seed. and I picked up the top waiver wire guys every week and that was absolutley responsible for my getting to the big game. I always play for the 3rd seed. In my league the divison winner has won the championship 2 times in 9 years. 6 of them were the 3th seed and 1 were the #2 seed. Not sure if this is the same case in other leagues but having the #1 waiver wire in the playoffs is a big deal in my opinion. Say Moreno goes down, Buckhalter is on my WW and he would be huge as the lone back in Denver. being able to pickup the top guys every week is a huge advantage. This time of the season there is always a injury every week and a guy emerges.

 
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This Thursday night game stinks...Puts people in a tough spot who are thinking of starting Harrison over certain guys like DWill (if he is still listed as Q)

 
I usually like Thursday guys myself as defenses have less time to gameplan.

If you have a week 14 bye it doesn't matter XD

 
Bad_Mo said:
This Thursday night game stinks...Puts people in a tough spot who are thinking of starting Harrison over certain guys like DWill (if he is still listed as Q)
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... flip side of that, though ... if you do choose to go with Harrison, it gives you the option to "swing for the fences" if he underperforms, or, conversely, play it a bit safer if he has a knockout performance. It also may force your opponent to do likewise, opposite of the choice you need to make. In your position, sweating out a choice of DWill/Harrison is tough ... bit easier for me, as I will plug him in over McCoy, as the Browns used Harrison yesterday the way I thought the Eagles would"ve used McCoy.Here's hoping he gets me (and those who start him) off to a great start Thursday :thumbup:
 
Against the steelers I expect alot of the swing passes and screens they use Harrison on.

I want to add that this shows how bad a coach Mangidiot is. He refused to use Harrison and used the slow and old Lewis. Might have actually won a game or two more with the explosivness that Harrison gives. He did the same thing here in NY/NJ with Leon Washington. Refused to use him. Ridiculous.

 
Mangidiot is my biggest worry about Harrison. Harrison had the greta game. Mangidiot says he is starting. He plays the first play and its all Lewis. 2 weeks ago Jennings is starting. He has the first run and Lewis get the carries. Last week Jennings is the starter . Harrison is the main guy. SO this week Harrison is the starter only to see Jennings go out and get 15 carries to harrisons 4. Trust me we dealt with mangidiot here for a few years. I wish He would say Jennings is the starter so I know that Harrison is the man. But in the end I trust somewhat that Mangidiot will see what we all see and feed the ball to harrison.

 
... Jennings listed as Questionable (shoulder) .... I know this injury was limiting him early last week in practice, and with this short week of healing/preperation, it seems pretty safe to assume Harrison will be getting a workload ... kinda hard for Mangidiot to fudge this one up, no? :excited:

 
interesting :ptts:



As much as Mangini liked Harrison's running and catching, he liked his blocking even better. On Brady Quinn's 43-yarder to Robiskie, Harrison blew up a blitzing defender.

"It's something we talked about," said Mangini. "Brady sprinted out to his right, and [Harrison] had an outstanding block on the edge pressure guy. He really sealed the edge on the backside and allowed for that long completion to take place. He's capable of doing that at all times and I thought he made some strides there."

 
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You just wait. I've got Harrison and plan on playing him because I need him but you just watch him lay an egg in 1-2 of these last games.

 
Im 2nd guessing myself in this one . I have a hard time trusting a Browns Rb in the playoffs. Regular season I would but man its hard to play a browns RB when you really need a win to move on.

 
It all depends on who you're sitting for him... In one of my leagues, I'm going into the playoffs with Ricky and Pierre at RB1 and RB2. I'll most definitely be giving Jerome a strong look at RB2 over Pierre.

 
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Im 2nd guessing myself in this one . I have a hard time trusting a Browns Rb in the playoffs. Regular season I would but man its hard to play a browns RB when you really need a win to move on.
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I will end up playign him over Grant in week 15, I think. If he does well then I may flex him week 16.
Frankbot said:
It all depends on who you're sitting for him... In one of my leagues, I'm going into the playoffs with Ricky and Pierre at RB1 and RB2. I'll most definitely be giving Jerome a strong look at RB2 over Pierre.
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Totally agree. Only reason he goes in for me is Grrant's matchup with PIT
 
I had him earlier in the year when he had his one big game.....dropped him a few weeks ago for someone useless (McFadden) and now have absolutely zero chance of getting him back.

He was a FA last week and I stared at the screen for a while thinking about whether to add him but ultimately didn't.....probably in the end because of the Jennings factor. Pity he totally blew up this week.

 
I love his potential especially after the Thursday game. I am just hoping that he lands on my roster and the two teams ahead of me will pass- looking at the Steelers. I agree with the OP- a back usually comes out of no where to prove that he can mash 'em in the NFL. KC is a must play as well as the Raiders.

 
This is one of those reminders that you shouldn't immediately dismiss someone because they are on a crappy team. When Jamal Lewis went on the IR last week, you could have gotten Harrison and Jennings in nearly any league. With that playoff schedule, I'm surprised more people didn't find a way to get both of those guys on their roster and see how it plays out, especially people in PPR leagues.

I'm in a 10-team PPR league and I had clinched a playoff spot. I literally ran to my waiver wire and dropped Devin Hester and Shonn Greene for Jennings and Harrison. I may not need the Cleveland RB come week 15/16 but I'm happy they're on my team and not my opponent's.

 
Chigurh said:
This is one of those reminders that you shouldn't immediately dismiss someone because they are on a crappy team. When Jamal Lewis went on the IR last week, you could have gotten Harrison and Jennings in nearly any league. With that playoff schedule, I'm surprised more people didn't find a way to get both of those guys on their roster and see how it plays out, especially people in PPR leagues.

I'm in a 10-team PPR league and I had clinched a playoff spot. I literally ran to my waiver wire and dropped Devin Hester and Shonn Greene for Jennings and Harrison. I may not need the Cleveland RB come week 15/16 but I'm happy they're on my team and not my opponent's.
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This is a huge advantage, and I also dropped Greene to get them. People underestimate the value of keeping a guy from your opponents when playoff time comes around. You don't need Josh Freeman as a backup QB anyway, go out and get somebody your opponent needs!
 
Maybe there should be a spinoff thread for who is gonna be the playoff sleeper stud this year!

I believe DL0 is more seriously injured then lead on. (Tongue in cheek) The dreaded high ankle sprain which is the nail in the coffin for RB's and thier current season.

So I predict JStew going crazy for the next 3 weeks, schedule don't suggest it, but Stew is not ur average backup RB, he is Studly enuff to get a good number of carries from one of the most elite backs in the game.

Also a note on Harrison, if you aint playin him this week.....why would u waste a roster spot on the browns RB, are you kidding me lets not get caught in a one game performance. The Browns are still the Browns!

 
JuSt CuZ said:
Also a note on Harrison, if you aint playin him this week.....why would u waste a roster spot on the browns RB, are you kidding me lets not get caught in a one game performance. The Browns are still the Browns!
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In my PPR league, Harrison scored 25+ points last week against a pretty good defense. With the Chiefs and Raiders coming up, why wouldn't you want him on your roster?Week 15 -- At this point in a PPR league (and probably non-PPR), I'd rather have Harrison against KC than J Stewart against Minnesota.
 
Chigurh said:
JuSt CuZ said:
Also a note on Harrison, if you aint playin him this week.....why would u waste a roster spot on the browns RB, are you kidding me lets not get caught in a one game performance. The Browns are still the Browns!
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In my PPR league, Harrison scored 25+ points last week against a pretty good defense. With the Chiefs and Raiders coming up, why wouldn't you want him on your roster?Week 15 -- At this point in a PPR league (and probably non-PPR), I'd rather have Harrison against KC than J Stewart against Minnesota.
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Not me, The oline still sux and the HC is still Mangini...they will be behind a lot, and it was one game....Oh and Quinn is still the QB!But for all of you starting a Cleveland player in the first place with all the other options in fantasy ball...Good luck!

I know some have to play him, but to choose him over someone else is not smart.

I hope he does well, but it just won't happen!

 
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I was thinking about adding him last week but FBG had him at RB101 with a whopping .7 projected points the rest of the way. I figured they knew something I didn't know and looked elsewhere.

 
Picked up Jerome last week and made a last minute switch in the lineup and benched Hightower. Whew barely won thanks to Flacco tanking last night. Probably be starting him Thursday too.

 
ugly forecast (30mph winds and snow) for thursday's PIT-CLE game could mean lots of touches for JHarrison (and check downs from Quinn who likely won't be comfortable throwing downfield given the weather conditions) against a Polamalu-less steelers squad. anyone rolling the dice and going with JHarrison over a more mainstay RB or at the flex this week? FWIW, i'm probably going to give him the nod at the flex over Turner who seems to be 50-50 to play best case, Beanie, Forsett and Bess. so in other words, all those players i mentioned are likely to be better plays than Harrison, given my luck...

http://www.weather.com/outlook/events/nfl/...m=NFL_teamsched

 
Just saw on the NFL Blog that Harrison was limited in practice due to illness. Sure its nothing but worth noting since they play in 2 days and not sunday. a lingering illness would suck.

http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/12/08/hamstring-...ut-of-practice/

The Browns listed 15 players on Tuesday’s injury report, holding out FB Lawrence Vickers (hamstring) and CB Eric Wright (hamstring) from practice. Three other starters — DE Robaire Smith (shoulder), LB Kamerion Wimbley (knee) and RB Jerome Harrison (illness) — were listed as limited.

Jerome Harrison, RB, Cleveland Browns Tuesday 12/8, 5:57 PM CT

Jerome Harrison was limited in Tuesday's practice while nursing an illness, according to NFL.com.

Our View: Harrison's fantasy stock went up after Jamal Lewis was placed on IR, but Harrison won't be a recommended fantasy option if deemed fit to play Thursday against the Steelers, who are ranked No. 1 in run defense.

 
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The Just Cuz stuff was indeed funny.

Anyway...let's reiterate that every year some RB come sout of nowhere and dominates...Ryan Grant anyone? Pierre Thomas? Nick Goings? These aren't guys who were projected to be great, they're guys who got the touches and had the matchups.

And oh by the way...I'll be flexing him alongside AD and CJ4.24 in my fave dynasty league week 15/16. That's my confidence level.

 
The only difference I see in those guys VS Harrison is that Harrison isnt a good runner, hes a recieving back like Darren Sproles. Hes better served as a third down back and change of pace much like they use sproles. Most of sproles damage comes through the air. ( he scored a long TD reception this week I think). If Jennings was not injured I can see Mangini using Jennings on running downs and Harrison on passing downs. I still think Harrison is a great and must pickup for weeks 15-16 but at the same time lets not forget he is just a ok "running" back. His skillset is catching passes. And Again I worry so much about Mangidiot. I have a hard time having my fantasy season in Mangidiots hands.I still rememeber Leon Washington having great games and then after Mangini telling the papers here Leon will see more carries , Leon would get 1 the next game. But with jennings playing hurt that probally will not happen.

 
I'm a Harrison owner and hopeful he produces like some people in this thread think he will. Few things I'm curious about:

1) Do people think Harrison is better than Jamal Lewis? Jamal averaged about 6-7 pts per game in my league. Nothing to get excited about unless you don't have other options at RB.

2) Would people be as excited about starting Jamal Lewis in weeks 14-16 as they are about starting Harrison?

 
fflnut said:
1) Do people think Harrison is better than Jamal Lewis?
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december 2009.....yes, absolutely
2) Would people be as excited about starting Jamal Lewis in weeks 14-16 as they are about starting Harrison?
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no, Lewis was done months ago and he can't catch the ball on 3rd downs
 
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If you miss out on Harrison, how about a flyer on Quinton Ganther? The schedule isn't great (@OAK, NYG, DAL) but he has 13 carries for 78 yards over the last two weeks. Might be worth a shot with your last roster spot.

 
Jennings is a physical injury , his shoulder. Harrisons is just a illnes ( flu etc) . Both will play thursday you figure but Jennings will be limited due to his shoulder. We just dont know what the illness is that harrison has.

 
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The only difference I see in those guys VS Harrison is that Harrison isnt a good runner, hes a recieving back like Darren Sproles. Hes better served as a third down back and change of pace much like they use sproles. Most of sproles damage comes through the air. ( he scored a long TD reception this week I think). If Jennings was not injured I can see Mangini using Jennings on running downs and Harrison on passing downs. I still think Harrison is a great and must pickup for weeks 15-16 but at the same time lets not forget he is just a ok "running" back. His skillset is catching passes. And Again I worry so much about Mangidiot. I have a hard time having my fantasy season in Mangidiots hands.I still rememeber Leon Washington having great games and then after Mangini telling the papers here Leon will see more carries , Leon would get 1 the next game. But with jennings playing hurt that probally will not happen.
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How many times have you seen him play? I would completely disagree with your statement. He's been the best runner on the Browns for a couple of years. The issue was his blocking, and it appears that he's improved that area of his game.
 
zamboni said:
Young 8 said:
Mofongo said:
Uhhh.. should we go after Jennings?
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go after nobodyMangini is just a moron
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That line of thinking could result in missing out on an opportunity. Jennings looked impressive on that drive, and it wouldn't surprise me if Mangini went with him in the second half. They also have a favorable schedule the rest of the way.
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so......2 good carries for Jennings and last week Harrison performance is already forgotten ??wow, that's why Mangini is a moron

 
Young 8 said:
zamboni said:
Young 8 said:
Mofongo said:
Uhhh.. should we go after Jennings?
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go after nobodyMangini is just a moron
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That line of thinking could result in missing out on an opportunity. Jennings looked impressive on that drive, and it wouldn't surprise me if Mangini went with him in the second half. They also have a favorable schedule the rest of the way.
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so......2 good carries for Jennings and last week Harrison performance is already forgotten ??wow, that's why Mangini is a moron
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Jennings seems to be running the ball better. He also averaged 5 yards per carry last week, albeit on only 5 carries.
 
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